Times Advocate, 1992-03-11, Page 5iT'S Yn1IR1i11SL�11'SS • "" ",,,"• "'°•,
Brazilians tapping Canadian dairy know-how
By Ray Lewis
• CENTRALIA - As tech -
lig nology
and com-
municau
on tech-
niques
improve
the
world becomes a much smaller
place. Systems are quickly chang-
ing, govemments are being recon-
structed and countries rebuilt. Re-
gironatteadexsfind themselves with
the enormous challenge of trying to
keep pace with new technology in
order to improve methods and in-
crease production.
Such is the task at hand for a
group of Brazilian agricultural nu-
tritionalists visiting Centralia Col-
lege of _ Agricultural Technology
tor the next three weeks.
As pan of the International Live-
stock Management School program►
offered through the college, five
Brazilian representatives have
made the trek to Canada to learn
more about dairy nutrition and nu-
trition management to help in-
crease production in the dairy mar-
ket at home.
"What they entity is the latest
technology in dairy nutrition in-
cluding the latest feeds, equipment
- atul research 1n the 'field,' said -
dairy cattle nutritionalist Janet
Kleinschmidt of the college. "They
are also learning the OMAF dairy
ration formulator, a computer pro-
gram for regulating dairy rations
available through Centralia's com-
puter lab."
Of special interesl-.lo the visitors
has been the Canadian milk mar-
keting systeni currently under ne-
gotiation with the GATT talks.
Last week, the group took pail in
anatomy and physiology classes
and did a post mortem on a cow at
veterinary services. They also
toured the Shur -Gain plant in St.
Marys to view techniques for feed
production and have spent time on
many local dairy farms. •
Day trips are all pan of the pro-
gram, but they're not all work.
K etnschmidt andlhe group man-
aged to find time to see Niagara
Falls and Toronto.
"Toronto is a very beautiful city,"
remarked Winston Giardini, an ani-
mal nutriuonalist from Ponta Oros-
sa who specializes in dairy exten-
sion work for the large cooperative,
Batavo. "But if you Min); traffic is
Dairy nutritionalists from five regions of Brazil are staying for a three-week educational pro-
gram at Centralia College in hopes of increasing dairy production in their homeland. Shown
here are: Jose Augusto Soares Alvares (left), Janet Kleinschmidt of Centralia College, Winston
Giardini, Walter Ott, interpreter ingelore Irie, Yasukuni Yamada and Joac Bosco.
Peter's Point
Continued from page 4
out Christmas decorations at
Christmas, but not without
shamrocks op the glorious 17th.
On or about March 1st, I sneak
into the cellar and unpack the
stuff, and in no lime at all our
place looks like, the Leprechaun
Room in the,,dld Alexandra Ho-
tel. The kids complain because
they grow tired of Wild Irish
Rose and the Irish Rovers and
Anne Murray which I play on
the tumtable non-stop. And Eliz-
abeth doesn't think much of my
metallic -green tie which I insist
on wearing no matter what col-
our my shirt is. But no more and
nothing can stop me. It's my
Irish destiny. I was meant to be
Irish, and I wish, begorra, I were
Irish.
It's bad enough that my parents
weren't Irish, but I've never even
had an Irish girl friend, at least
not to my knowledge. And that
wasn't a matter of choice either.
Irish girls just wouldn't have me.
In spite of my green eyes. I don't
know what they're looking -for,;
but I never succeeded in break-
ing down the invisible barrier
between those who arc Irish and
those who wish they were.
And here we are close to St.
Patrick's Day again. How I'
would love to be one'of you, ye
children of Eire. But since I can't
be, let me quote this lovely verse
by the philosopher John Locke,
who - like mc - was only Irish at
heart:
O Ireland, isn't it grand you look
Like a bride in her rich adomin'?
And with all the pent-up
Love of my heart
1 bid you
The top o' the momin'!
('Buis column is reprinted with
my permission from my book
"Fathering, Mothering and Kid-
ding.")
bad, you don't know Sao Paulo."
The city has a population of over
12 niillioti.
. The five individuals are special-
ists m their respective fields, three
of them dairy cattle veteranarians.
Yakult, a large animal feed compa-
ny, similar to Shur -Gain or Purina,
also manufactures dairy products in
Brazil. They became involved with
the Semex corporation in order to
improve production. A regional
representative from Yakult hand-
--picked the-team-whoare -Wit=
southern Brazil where most of the
dairy production takes place, but
each member represents a different
region.
"They really are the cream of the
crop," agreed Kleinschmidt. "They
are the best class I've ever had be-
cause orally they are altrtost as ad-
vanced as we are."
Yasukuni Yamada works with
Yakult as manager of one of the
company's dairy farms. Originally
from northern Japan which has a
_climate very similar to Canada, he
commented on the advantages of
Brazil's tropical climate.
"Brazil can plant year round but
has two seasons, rainy and dry,"
said Yamada. "So long as there is
irigation, you can plant year round.
Dunng the dry season temperature
is not a problem, but there is no
rain at all."
One of the problems for the Bra-
zilian dairy industry seems to be an
unequal share of technology be-
tween the wealthy and poorer oper-
ations.
Walter Ou, a dairy cow vetera-
narian, lives in southern Brazil
about 20 km from Uruguay. He
commented that practices are in-
deed very different.
"In my region we have various
producers, and all milk is brought
to a cooperative," said Ott. The
producers have technology, but it is
not uncommon in some regions to
sell see hand milking."
With no snow, cattle usually re-
main grazing in pasture unlike Can-
ada where they have to be kept in
barns. Brazilian cattle arc brought
in only to be vacinated or cleaned
Financial planning seminar in Clinton
CLINTON - Good planning
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ment. It can save time, money
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John McNeilly of the Exeter
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lor, Pinder and McNeilly brought
that message to the March 4
Community Business Initiatives
seminar in Clinton. The seminar
was one in a yearlong series of-
fered to Huron County business
people by the Huron Industrial
Training Advisory '-Committee
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McNeilly advised the partici-
pants, "Ninety-five percent of the
battle is won if you have a good
accounting system set up."
He cited the implementation of
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as an example of good business
accounting put into effect. Most
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dle the GST, he noted. The feder-
'al government'soriginal net reve-
nue from GST is on target and a
separate deficit reduction bank
account for GST revenues has
been established.
McNeilly suggested ways stat
business people can make the
best use of tax deductions and
personal income investments for
long term financial security.
He told the audience of more
than 50 people that hey must take
income taxes seriously, and to ar-
range their business affairs to
take advantage of income tax de-
ductions, deferrals and savings.
"The ultimate goal is to maxi-
mize your after tax returns," he
noted.
Contingency planing for death,
disability, divorce and disaster
arc important consideration for
income planning and tax savings.
Wills, power of attorney, insu-
rance and proper agreements help
put these systems in place.
He, also advised people to es-
tablish sufficient retirement
funds. He suggested that govern-
ment support for universal social
programs, like the old age pen-
sion, many soon disappear.
"Don't rely too much on this
for your retirement years. Those
are old sanctioned things and it's
questionable if they will be there
in the future."
He further warned, "A 25 year
old may need a capital base of $3
million to retire on at age 65. We
don't know with inflation uncer-
tainty."
He discussed RRSP options,
estate planning and trust funds as
some or the means to prepare fi-
nancially for the future.
McNeilly suggested, that finan-
cial planning does not have to be
a complicated process. He ad-
vised his audience to work with
their accountants on all business
mariners and to investigate all tax
loop holes and deduction options.
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up. In tropical animals, disease
caused by ticks is the number one
problem.
But there are some other prob-
lems Brazilians face because of cli-
mate, which are pretty well non-
existent in Canada. For example,
poisonous snakes take their toll on
grazing cattle and bats infect them
with rabies. Tropical diseases such
as foot and mouth can be a prob-
lem, while some such as tuberculo-
sis can be transmitted to humans.
Jose Augusto Soares A?vares - is
also a dairy cow veteranarian, who
specializes in nutrition and repro-
duction. He is from Minas Gerais
home to Brazil's largest milk pro-
duction, and is very happy to be
learning in Canada. He hopes to
better his knowledge with respect
to nutrition and says the two wan -
tries have established a very impor-
tant communication link necessary
between developed and underde-
veloped nations.
"The world is getting smaller
and that is why we have to reach
an even level," said Alvares.
Joao Bosco echoed the senti-
ments of is companion. A large
animal vet unary -practitioner for
18 years, works with dairy cat -
Ile and is also here to leani nutri-
tion in hopes of helping genetic
stock.
"Many problems are nutrition re-
lated," said Bosco. "Tunings sutstt
as reproduction and growth rate
differences."
His eyes have wiuiessed the ad-
vance of technology, but he feels
many big farms are getting richer
while the smaller operations can-
not afford the technology and arc
subsequently getting poorer.
- Like -so many otters, he -hopes to
see more change, Many here in
Canada hope techniques pioneered
here may be of help.
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